Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-18
THE WHITE CROSS.
THE EFFORT MADE TO INAUGURATBAH HONE
P0R WOMEN.
A Meeting To Be Held By Those Interested
Monday Bysnmg-Ths Pro
gramms in Detail.

The very general desire to know more oil
the cause for which DR.. De Costa plead so
eloquently last Tuesday, at the two meet
ings he held in this city, makes its friends
ask for space in our columns to make an
appeal in its behalf. The banner Of the
White Cross, which this devoted minister
held ND to our gaze, has inscribed upon 1t,
''Reverance for womanhood, as well as
personal purity for every man." and its
aim is to secure proper, practical reeog-
milton of its principals on the part of the
individual, the family and the nation.
What is now proposed to have established
in our city is in evident agreement with
these precepts, and in perfect accord
with the incest practical Judgment of the
best men in our city, both clergymen and
laymen. The purpose of this earnest
movement to secure Home for Friend
less Women is very clear, and ought not
to be misunderstood. The means to secure
it may come, from many quarters, as the
smallest sum will be thankfully received
Annual subscriptions from dime or dol
lar MP to one hundred or thousand In do
nations will be acknowledged by Mr.. j.
A. Bell, the Treasurer, at Logan q Co. 8
drug store. The Home is intended to be
a refuge for unprotected women and girls
who come seeking employment In
our city, and who some
times need kindly sympathy and wise
counsel quite as much as the contents OF
purse. This work of securing a place to
which they may go and stay in perfect
safety from temptation until they can
find some honest work, is not all that is
contemplated. The intention is to offer
women who desire to reform an Opportu-
nifty to cease to do evil and learn to do well.
Women who have no friends and who are
suffering from shame and remorse, and
whose conscience is not altogether scared,
and are willing to receive the help OF wo-
men whose own homes are made sweet by
the love of Him who is OF purer eyes than
to behold sin with any degree of allow
ance.
For these classes they appeal, first to the
we'll known generosity OF the women Of
Wheeling. If facts are needed to prove
the terrible necessity of Home for
Friendless Women" they are at hand,
and will be furnished. May they not
look with confidence for help in this
Christian and humanitarian work.
And secondly, they look to the fathers,
the husbands, sons and brothers Of noble
women, to whom they are so tenderly
attached, that for their sakes they are ready
to do service to the poorest, the plainest,
and most unfortunate woman.
Never was knight of old more needed to
take up the cause of the unpro-
tected, than your efforts are now
needed to secure protection and
shelter to the friendless. Every one taught
to hate wrong and love the right, is so
much sin restrained, so much crime held
back, 80 much good developed But not
only is lasting good done by the reforma-
ton Of these persons, but money Is saved to
the State by keeping them away from the
State prison, and from the county farm;
therefore, in every light we look at it, this
will be an investment that certainly will
pay.
A meeting of the Committee on Ways
and Means for the Home for Friendless
Women will he held in the Y. NJ. G. A. par
lors on Monday, June 20, at 2:30 p. IN.
with the object of forming permanent
organization, appointing of committees and
other work necessary TO place the matter
on firm foundation. The bylaws and
constitution of the Home will then be pre-
sented 1t is desired by the committee in
charge that all interested be present, ladies
and gentlemen Of the public generally: